NEW DELHI: International e-commerce gamers like Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart are circumventing guidelines and legal guidelines of their relentless pursuit of capturing the Indian market, typically resorting to unethical enterprise practices, Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary Normal, Confederation of All India Merchants (CAIT) and a BJP candidate for Lok Sabha, mentioned on Saturday.
Reacting to a TV media report that the Competitors Fee of India (CCI) has discovered alleged irregularities in its probe towards e-commerce firms like Amazon and Flipkart and their hyperlinks with cell producers, Khandelwal instructed IANS that this “nexus” between e-commerce giants and cell firms “undermines the nation’s broader pursuits.”
Amazon or Flipkart didn’t instantly touch upon the report.
“For years, now we have been highlighting the persistent downside of overseas e-commerce firms circumventing guidelines and legal guidelines of their relentless pursuit of capturing the Indian market, typically resorting to unethical enterprise practices,” mentioned Khandelwal, BJP candidate from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency within the Capital.
He mentioned that this “intricate net” includes collaboration between e-commerce giants and cell firms, which undermines the nation’s broader pursuits and “threatens the livelihoods of small merchants.”
In February this 12 months, the retail merchants’ physique had written to the CCI, looking for pressing steps within the Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh case involving the anti-competitive practices of Amazon and Flipkart.
In a letter to the CCI Chairperson Ravneet Kaur, the CAIT mentioned the market regulator “should connect utmost precedence to the case and cross ultimate penalty order and path to Flipkart and Amazon to cease their unlawful actions, as the result of the case has a severe bearing on the survival of lakhs of shops and their households.”
“These overseas entities have indulged in monopolisation of gross sales of cellphones by way of unique launch,” the CAIT letter had alleged.
Khandelwal instructed IANS that it’s crucial that decisive motion be taken towards these firms now.
“As soon as the final elections are concluded and if elected as an MP, I’m dedicated to advocating for addressing this difficulty,” he added.
